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An Unfortunate Accident.

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    Posted: Dec 21 2015 at 9:04pm
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I am sure you remember stories of holes in factory roofs, Here is a story about an accidental death.

CC20165 Layton death

"Soldier of Production"
Edna C. Layton
Death: November 5, 1942
Inland Manufacturing




During his career in the later years of
Inland, Club member Ronald Dalhamer
acquired a photocopy of what he believed
was a page from either their employee
magazine, Inlander, or a safety poster. It
announced the death of an Inland
employee and included a letter authored
by a supervisor of the Carbine Assembly
Department to her husband expressing
employee condolences for the accidental
death of his wife at Inland. At the time of
her death Edna was approximately 34
years of age.


The letter was addressed to Private
Leonard Layton, 417th Infantry
Regiment,76th Infantry Division, Fort
George Meade, MD. The history of the
76th Division indicates from October
1942 until the end of March 1943 the
division processed and trained
replacements through Fort Meade for the
invasion of North Africa and the North African Theater.

Friday, November 6, 1942



The Coshocton Tribune




The Newark Advocate and American Tribune
Newark, Ohio




The letterhead is of The Inland Manufacturing Division, Dayton, Ohio




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I'm a Dayton resident and saw this story in WBI, [ so sad ] it made me think of my grandmother who assembled carburetors for tanks at NCR during the war. What I take from that is back then everyone in this country knew who we were at war with and why and the entire country contributed building carbines or carburetors, ect. Today I feel like just a fraction of the country knows what's going on.[ so sad ]

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That's a really sad story. Thanks for posting this. The efforts and sacrifices made on the home front during WWII are awe inspiring, yet they receive little attention today.

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Ive seen a quote that in 1942, 20 times more production workers were killed in the US than in combat in that year.  I question the multiple but not that the majority were killed in the manufacturing areas.
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